(19)
(11) EP 0 838 265 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/18

(21) Application number: 97307161.6

(22) Date of filing: 15.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B04B 5/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.09.1996 US 721782
26.08.1997 US 

(71) Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Walters, Michael R.
    Baltimore, Maryland 21220 (US)

(74) Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith et al
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) Centrifugally actuated tube rotor mechanism


(57) The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing rotation of a vessel about its longitudinal axis during centrifugation. The apparatus of the present invention is adapted for placement within, for example, a centrifuge rotor.







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